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In the year 1993
738 Notable deaths
Jess Thomas
American opera singer.
Born August 4th, 1927 in South Dakota.
Died October 11th, 1993 at 66 years old in San Francisco.
Gustav Ernesaks
Estonian composer and choir conductor (1908-1993).
Born December 12th, 1908 in Perila.
Died January 24th, 1993 at 84 years old in Tallinn.
Blandine Ebinger
German cabaret singer and actress (1899–1993).
Born November 4th, 1899 in Berlin.
Died December 25th, 1993 at 94 years old in Berlin.
Iuliu Bodola
Romanian-hungarian (1912–1993).
Born February 15th, 1912 in Brașov.
Died March 12th, 1993 at 81 years old in Budapest.
Megan Taylor
British figure skater (1920-1993).
Born October 25th, 1920 in Rochdale.
Died July 23rd, 1993 at 72 years old in Jamaica.
José dos Santos Ferreira
Portuguese writer (1919–1993).
Born July 28th, 1919 in Portuguese Macau. [ref]
Died March 24th, 1993 at 73 years old in Hong Kong.
Kurt Weitzmann
German-american art historian (1904–1993).
Born March 7th, 1904 in Kleinalmerode.
Died June 7th, 1993 at 89 years old in Princeton.
Alexandre Trauner
Hungarian art director (1906-1993).
Born August 3rd, 1906 in Budapest.
Died December 5th, 1993 at 87 years old in Omonville-la-Petite.
Alex Chola
Zambian association football player (1956-1993).
Born June 6th, 1956 in Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Died April 27th, 1993 at 36 years old in Libreville.
Ida Adamoff
French tennis player.
Born June 26th, 1910 in Moscow.
Died June 5th, 1993 at 82 years old in Paris.
Karl Mai
German footballer (1928–1993).
Born July 27th, 1928 in Fürth.
Died March 15th, 1993 at 64 years old in Fürth (leukemia).
André Pilette
Racecar driver.
Born October 6th, 1918 in Paris.
Died December 27th, 1993 at 75 years old in Etterbeek.
Vladimir Suteev
Children's writer and illustrator (1903–1993).
Born July 5th, 1903 in Moscow.
Died March 10th, 1993 at 89 years old in Moscow.
Allen Montgomery Lewis
Saint lucian judge (1909-1993).
Born October 26th, 1909 in Castries.
Died February 18th, 1993 at 83 years old
Elek Bacsik
Hungarian-american jazz guitarist and violinist; cousin of guitarist django reinhardt (1926-1993).
Born May 22nd, 1926 in Budapest.
Died February 14th, 1993 at 66 years old in Glen Ellyn.
Ulf Palme
Swedish actor (1920-1993).
Born October 18th, 1920 in Oscar Parish. [ref]
Died May 12th, 1993 at 72 years old in Oscar Parish. [ref]
Donald William Kerst
American accelerator physicist who developed the betatron (1911–1993).
Born November 1st, 1911 in Galena.
Died August 19th, 1993 at 81 years old in Madison.
Zhiuli Shartava
Prime minister of abkhazia (1944-1993).
Born March 7th, 1944 in Sukhumi.
Died September 27th, 1993 at 49 years old in Sukhumi.
Alexandre Mnouchkine
Russian french film producer (1908–1993).
Born February 10th, 1908 in Saint Petersburg.
Died April 3rd, 1993 at 85 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Juan Benet
Spanish writer (1927–1993).
Born October 7th, 1927 in Madrid.
Died January 5th, 1993 at 65 years old in Madrid (brain tumor).
Robert Jacobsen
Danish artist (1912–1993).
Born June 4th, 1912 in Copenhagen.
Died January 26th, 1993 at 80 years old in Tågelund.
Adnan Kahveci
Turkish statesperson (1949–1993).
Born February 20th, 1949 in Trabzon.
Died February 5th, 1993 at 43 years old in Bolu (traffic collision).
Ugo Locatelli
Italian footballer (1916-1993).
Born February 5th, 1916 in Toscolano-Maderno.
Died May 28th, 1993 at 77 years old in Turin.
Frantz Casseus
Haitian-american guitarist and composer.
Born December 14th, 1915 in Port-au-Prince.
Died June 21st, 1993 at 77 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde